Being a dedicated Linux user, I personally deeply regret Nokias choice. But objectively it is probably the only sane way out for Nokia. But face it; with no major backing MeeGo will be relegated to an irrelevant niche platform for phone rooting Linux techies - no matter how "truly great" the platform is!

I have personally been waiting for all too long for a delicious MeeGo phone - and must agree MeeGo has been sitting on its proverbial arse while the world has been moving swiftly along. Now what is the most delicious, hackable Android available now?

By the way. With the diverse computing platforms used in the embedded space, the only sane future is for non-native application code. Google has realised this, while Nokia has been playing around with both ARM and x86 - dividing an already minuscule application market!